Double-lobed warrior vessel ·  Peru, northern coast, Viru · ID: 3038636

Description

light beige fired clay, pale reddish and black paint, facial scarifications, drilled holes and narrow slits in the head (whistling function), nearly entirely coated with a geometrical pattern of wavy lines and dots, dam.;
colour was applied using an open oven, varying the intensity of the pale reddish colour by adding crushed shell. The black colour of the surface - the “negative”- was the product of a second baking and “smoking”. Could have been used as whistle which may have served an incantatory function.

The object Double-lobed warrior vessel with the object ID 3038636 was part of the auction 80th Tribal Art Auction on June 27, 2015. The object with the lot number 165 achieved a sales price of EUR 1,000 with an asking price of EUR 900.

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Comparing literature

Musée du Petit Palais (ed.), Peru, Art from the Chavin to the Incas, Paris 2006, p. 36 f.